Henry hargreaves



(No Model.)

H. HARGREAVES MECHANICAL TOY. No. 445,554.

Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

FIG.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricnt HENRYlIARGREAVE-S, OF LONDON, COUNTY OFMIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

MECHANICAL TOY,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,554, dated February3, 1891.

Application filed January 9, 1890. Serial No. 386,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HARGREAVES, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and residing at '74 Ferme Park Road, Stroud Green, in thecounty of Middlesex and Kingdom of Great Britain, have invented a new orImproved Mechanical Toy, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new or improved mechanical toy soconstructed that its use or exercise requires more or less skill on thepart of the person or persons playing therewith, and consequently theuse or exercise thereof may be made a subject of competition between twoor more such persons; but it maybe used as a source of amusement by oneperson only, if desired. The said new or improved toy is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of a toy constructed to represent the movements of two sets ofplayers engaged in the game known as "thetug of war, and Fig. 2 is anend View of same.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the toy therein depictedconsists of a box or frame-work A, at each end of which is mounted aroller or pulley B B. To the roller B is secured one end of acord,chain, or band C, the other end of which, after passing through aguide-eye B or over a guide-roller, if preferred, is connected to astand D, on which are secured the figures E, representing one set ofplayers of the game. To the roller 13 is secured one end of a cord,chain, or band C, the other end of which, after passing through aguide-eye 13 or over a guide-roller, if preferred, is connected to thestand D, on which are secured the figures E, representing the other oropposite set of players. The two stands D and D are connected togetherby a third cord F or otherwise 5 or they may be i made as one singlestand carrying both sets of figures, and the two sets of figures arealso connected together by the cord G, which rep resents the cord whichthe two sets of players are supposed to be pulling at. The stands D andD are adapted to slide on the top H of the box A between guides I I.

J is a frame with abell K suspended thereto. The rollers 13 and B arepreferably pro* vided with enlarged parts at B and B respectively, andthese enlarged parts may be grooved or otherwise roughened on theircircumferences the better to enable them to be turned by the finger ofthe hand or other instrument introduced through the correspondingopenings L L at the ends of the box A. The rollers B and B may also beprovided with fly-Wheels B F. It will now be understood that if theroller B, for example, be turned in the direction of the arrow by thefinger or by a stick or other instrument introduced at the opening L thecord C will be wound up thereon and the figures E and E will be drawn tothe left, the cord O being correspondingly unwound from the roller B.If, on the other hand, the roller B be turned in the direction of itsarrow by the finger or other instrument introduced at the opening L, thecord 0 will be wound up thereon andthe figures E and E will be drawn tothe right, the cord C being correspondingly unwound from the roller B.Consequently if one player operates upon the roller B and another uponthe roller B the two can compete as to which of them will be first ableto draw the figures E or E up to or beyond the center of the length ofthe box, indicated by the frame J, and to cause the bell K to be rung bythe head of one of the figures E or E coming in contact therewith.

The figures E and E may be caused to assume positions more or lessinclined to the horizon in a backward direction as they approach the endof the box A and more or less forward out of the perpendicular as theyapproach the middle point J, in imitation of the positions the playersnaturally assume when one set succeeds in drawing the other beyond theprescribed mark. This is effected by pinjointing the forward feet of thefigures to the stands, as shown at E, for example, and by placing a pinE in the hinder leg of one or more of the figures, which pin comes underwires M, secured at each end of the box A, and rising from each endtoward the middle, as shown. As the figures E or E move backward theyare caused to incline backward by the pin E being pressed downward bythe wires M, and as they move forward toward the point J they areallowed to incline forward out of the perpendicular by reason of the pinE being allowed to rise by the said wires.

1. The improved competitive mechanical toy, consisting" of a figuremounted on a stand, a guideway for the latter, and independent rollers,each connected with said stand and adapted to be operated by differentindividuals in competition to pull oppositely upon the said figure,substantially as set forth.

2. The toy representing the game known as tug of War, said toyconsisting of the combination of a box or frame, stands 1) D, adapted tomove thereon, opposing figures E E, carried on said stands, a connectionbetween the stands, and means, such as the cords C O and rollers B B,for pulling said stands oppositely by different persons in competition,substantially as set forth.

HENRY HARGREAVES.

Witnesses:

W. A. SMITH,

115 Cannon Street, London. W. J. NoRWooD,

17 Gracechurch Street, London.

